Thales UK has been awarded a £880,000 contract by Fowler Welch Coolchain to equip its fleet of 750 refrigerated trailers with a satellite tracking and temperature monitoring system. The system is due to be fully operational in January 2006.
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The equipment required includes: BlackBerry Enterprise Server, BlackBerry handhelds, the Content Beamer for BlackBerry server based bluetooth print solution, and a bluetooth capable printer.
Paul Carvell has left Business Post and Guy Buswell has taken over as chief executive.
DS Smith Featherstone has opted to triple its usage of plastic pallets.
Since September the landscape of the European third party logistics market has changed dramatically.
Recent reports in the newspapers focusing on the Campaign to Protect Rural England’s latest crusade regarding distribution warehouses – March of the mega depots – should not be dismissed out of hand, warns Lisa Fitch of NAI Fuller Peiser.
Eurotunnel has appointed Francois Coart as director for rail freight development.
Sainsbury’s is planning to close its depot at Northfleet near Gravesend in Kent. This follows the decision to close the Rotherham depot. Revealing its third quarter trading results, the company said: “We are continuing to reorganise our depot network to e
Born out of the old NHS Supplies organisation, NHS Logistics is tasked with supplying a huge range of products to hospitals around the country.
Lex Logistics is investing £20m in a new 268,000 sq ft site at Buckshaw Village, Chorley, Lancashire. The deal signals the start of Chorley’s 100 acre strategic regional site at Buckshaw Village, designed to attract businesses to the area.
